2017 Boys Soccer Verbal Commitments

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Please do not mislead. The 88k cannot be athletic money. No such thing at a D3 school. It had to have been academic or merit money.

Don't think the poster as trying to mislead. It obviously is merit money. He did get the percentages wrong, though. He's going to be paying 60% or more instead of 40%.

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is playing d3 soccer an acheivement? Seriously, there isz no money, walk on are accepted, why is it notable?

db alert. Probably unemployed or under employed middle aged male< fat and balding<with erection issues

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Is playing D3 soccer an acheivement? Seriously, there isz no money, walk on are accepted, why is it notable?

Hope that $8,000 off and degree from University of Akron was worth it. Mine will graduate from a top academic thanks to very generous merit money. Playing some great soccer too. Maybe he'll hire your kid for a low level entry job one day

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Hope that $8,000 off and degree from University of Akron was worth it. Mine will graduate from a top academic thanks to very generous merit money. Playing some great soccer too. Maybe he'll hire your kid for a low level entry job one day

"Great" soccer 🤔🤔 at D3
Just get the degree and skip the " great soccer"

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"Great" soccer 🤔🤔 at D3
Just get the degree and skip the " great soccer"

Don't forget you paid thousands of dollars for club soccer for "great soccer at D3. Have you or your child calculate that ROI

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Don't forget you paid thousands of dollars for club soccer for "great soccer at D3. Have you or your child calculate that ROI

And here we go. Most of these families were planning to pay for great educations anyway and they are thrilled about also getting to play very competitive D3 soccer.

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"Great" soccer 🤔🤔 at D3
Just get the degree and skip the " great soccer"

There are a good amount of D3 programs better than D1 programs. Don't believe me ask The UConn head coach. 😬😬😬

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My apologies for bringing the "D1 is the only worthwhile soccer" troll onto a thread dedicated to the proud achievements of this year's senior boys.

To be clear about earlier post, my kid's 88k is indeed "merit" money. However, as anyone who is aware knows, this is very often given in lieu of sports scholarship money, but might be even better because it is guaranteed and cannot be taken away in the many ways that scholarships can.

Also I did not give full $ details, but with the cost of the midwestern U at 40k and a few extra bucks from other sources, the cost to our family is really about 40% of the full price for a quality institution with a particular strength in kid's desired area of study. We feel very lucky for this!

And, the ROI after club costs is quite good as we were late to that after living abroad for a bit and then spending most of the local time with a cheaper "mom and pop" club. All in, less than 13k to get 88k, and that is ONLY if one does not see any ROI at all in the fun, friendships and life lessons (like dealing with adversity) that the whole family benefitted from over a number of years.

And in terms of "great" soccer, I would not call any level of American college soccer "great." I feel same about the MLS and MNT. If you saw Brazil play the MNT at Foxboro a couple of years ago then you did get to see one team that played great soccer.

So please stop trying to boost your low self image by insulting the achievements of children and trying to convince yourself you are in some way superior because your kid earned a D! scholarship. I applaud your child's achievement and hope that you can do the same for others.

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There aren't "hundreds" of soccer seniors at prep schools. Stop exaggerating.

There is more than 100 private high schools in MA. Assuming that 2+ players on each team are seniors, there truly are hundreds of soccer-playing seniors in MA.

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D1

Nathan Plano-Bolts-Reading HS-Brown
Sam Hatem-FC Stars-Worcester Academy-Columbia
Cole Venner-Black Rock-Berkshire-UConn
Matthew Ranieri-Revs-Nobles&Greenough-Dartmouth
Wilhelm Jacques-Bolts-Medford-Duke
Rory Conway-Bolts-Brookline-Harvard
Max Benford-Aztec-Ipswich-Holy Cross
Edi Mujan-Bolts-Revere-Holy Cross
Justin Rennicks-Revs-Hamilton/Wenham-Indiana
Trey Miller-Revs-Monson-Louisville
Ben Ludwick-FC Stars-Acton/Boxborough-PC
Alex Shterenberg-Revs-Westwood-Michigan St
Nicholas Woodruff-Revs-Attleborough-Michigan St
Jonathan Wolf-NEFC-Worcester Academy-UNH
Adama Kaba-Hammer-St Sebastian- Northeastern
Noah Abrams-Manhattan-Berkshire-Northeastern
Edward Walsh-Revs-Westwood-Xavier

D2

Hatim Brahimi-GPS-Franklin-Bentley
Hayden Yakola-Liverpool-Nauset-Bentley
Kyle Archambault-Bolts- St Johns Shrewsbury-Bentley

D3


Jack O'Brien-GPS-Milton Academy-Amherst
Chris Russo-FC Stars-Westford-Brandeis
Samson Heyer-FC Stars-Amherst HS-Colorado College
Justin Miranda-Aztec-Winchester-Connecticut College
Liam Donelan-FC Stars-Milton HS-Connecticut College
Grayson Presutti-GPS-Hingham-Denison
Ryan Horan-GPS-Norwell-Franklin & Marshall
Liam Thor-Blackrock FC-Berkshire-Kenyon
Justin Burns-GPS-Walpole-Mass Maritime
Matthew Hyer-FC Stars-Groton Dunstable-Middlebury
Jacob LaBranche-Liverpool-Nauset-Middlebury
Josh Polakiewicz-Aztecs-Masconomet-Roger Williams
Spenser Nagi-?-Westborough-St Josephs College*
Andy Manos-GPS-NMH-Saint Lawrence
Jamie Marden-Aztec-Marblehead-Trinity College (CT)
Quentin van der Lee-Black Rock-Berkshire-Trinity(TX)
Omar al-Homsi Hernandez-FC Blazers-Bromfield-Union
Nicholas Ranieri-GPS-Nobles&Greenough-Williams

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And in terms of "great" soccer, I would not call any level of American college soccer "great." I feel same about the MLS and MNT. If you saw Brazil play the MNT at Foxboro a couple of years ago then you did get to see one team that played great soccer.

I can't take you seriously when you say something like this. Unless the only "great" soccer you see is played by a handful of professional clubs and national teams. And if that's the definition of great you are using in the context of this conversation then you've just constructed a straw man.

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I can't take you seriously when you say something like this. Unless the only "great" soccer you see is played by a handful of professional clubs and national teams. And if that's the definition of great you are using in the context of this conversation then you've just constructed a straw man.

Boy, if you believe all these posts on TS, sounds like the whole country is being overrun with straw men. Watch out!

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Mauricio Martinez Aztecs Assumption College

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Mauricio Martinez Revere Aztecs Assumption

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Poom Mera --Swansea, Ma, -- MF, Union.